Wagon running-gear



(No Model.)

A. J. BEACH.

WAGON RUNNING GEAR.

No. 291,132. PatentedJan. 1, 1884.

l AUNITED :STATES PATENT Dumon..

ALLEN'J. BEACH, OF FLINT, MICHIGAN'.

WAGON RUNNING-GEAR.

SPECIFICATIONVforming part of Letters Patent No.'291,l32, dated January 1, 18E4.

' Application filed August 8, 1883. (Xo modell g To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALLEN J. BEACH, of Flint, in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wagons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of farm-wagons, by means of which all torsional strain is avoided upon the reach by making what is ordinarily termed a rolling 7 reach, which is also made extensible' and retractible.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the various parts and their combination, as more fully hereinafter described.

Figure l is a plan view, showing my improvement, and in dotted lines showing the extensibility of the reach. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical cross-sections on the lines w .fr y y in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detached perspective of the rolling cylinder. Fig. 5 is a vertical'longitudinal section taken at right angles to the line x x in Fig. 1,

In the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, A represents the rear axle, B the bolster, and C the wheels; D, the forward axle; E,the front wheels; F, the fth-wheel; G, the draw-bar, and H the yoke which is designed to support the forward bolster. These parts are all of any of the known constructions. rlhe rear ends of the hounds a are secured to the rear axle in any of the knownv ways, while their forward ends are secured together by means of the two metal plates, bf-one above and one below. The two plates may be done away with by the employment of a casting in one piece, which would perform the same office, without de' parting from the spirit of my invention. The plates are so constructed that each describes 'a segment of acircle, each side of the segments being provided with at ears,'by means of which they are secured to the hounds, leav ing the segments to form a quasi cylinder between the forward ends of the hounds.

d are guide-rods, the rear ends/o-ifwhich are secured to the rear axle-and their forward ends to the forward ends of the hounds, one on each side of the reach e; but one of these rods may be used, or a greater number may be used, without departing from the spirit of the invention. Upon the top and upon the under side of the reach rest the two llerplates f, which are secured together by means of the two rings g, the filler-bars, with the reach, forming a shaft at that point, and the two rings preventing the displacement of the twol bars, between which the reach itself has a reciprocating movement. The rear end of the reach is provided with similar fller-bars, h, one on top and the other on the bottom of the reach, and held in place by two similar rings, i. Between the two rings t-he shaft is embraced by a flat ring, j, provided with circular. ears k, which engage with the guiderods. The upper of the two plates I1 and the top of the ringj are provided with slots Z., through which the pins m pass into coincident holes in the upper of the two fillerbars, and into any one of the series of holes a in the reach, the forward end of which is se cured in any desired manner that will not interfere with the rolling of the reach, which is limited by the length of the slots in the plate and iiat ring hereinbefore described. By this construction I provide a means of securing a rolling reach, which prevents any torsional strain thereon, and atV the saine time I provide the means for extending and retracting the length of said reach.

I am aware that rolling reaches are not new; neither is it new to provide such a reach with means for extending and retracting the same. Therefore I do not broadly claim a rollingreach nor an extension-reach; but

Vhat I do claim as my invention is- 1.. A farm-wagon providedwith two supports for the reach, one secured at a fixed distance from the rear axle, and the other situated between the rear axle and the fixed support, and constructed to allow the reach to turn therein, and to move with the reach as the latter is adjusted, substantially as described.

2. In a farm-wagon, a reach adapted to roll :in quasi meta-l cylinders, one of which secures the forward end of the rear hounds together, while the other slides upon guide-rods, such cylinders being provided with slots, by means IOO of which, and suitable pins enga, ing` the parts together, the roll ofthe reach is limited, substantially as speeiied.

3. In a fami-wagon, the Combination, with the reach e and filling-platesf, of the plates b, securing the hounds together, and forming, with the hounds, a hollow cylinder, in which the reach and illing-plates turn, substantially as described.

4. As a means of securing the rear end of a rolling` reach and assisting,` in the extensibility thereof, the flat ringj, provided with circular ears k, in combination with the guide-rods, the rear ends of which are secured to the rear axle and the forward ends to the forward ends of the hounds, substantially .as and for the purposes described.

5. In a farm-wagon, the combination therewith of the rear hounds, a, plates b, guidelods d, reach e, fi11er-plates f, ringsg, Iiilerbars I1, rings 1', flat ringsj, such plates and flat rings being provided with slots l, and suitable pins and holes in the reach and fillerbars, the parts being constructed, arranged, and operating' substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Y ALLEN J. BEACH.

XVitiiesses:

H. S. SPRAGITB, E. SCULLY. 

